Apparatus for drying painted articles



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G. & O. J. DEGKMAN.

APPARATUS FOR DRYING PAINTED ARTICLES.

No. 315,604. PatentedApr. 14; 1885.

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GEORGE DEOKMAN AND CHAR-LES I. DEOKMAN, OF MALVERN, OHIO.

APPARATUS FOR DRYING PAINTED ARTlOLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,604, dated April 14:, 1885.

Application filrd March 12, 1584.

f0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE DECKMAX and CHARLES J". Dnonrnrw, citizens of the United States, residing at Malvern, in the county of Carroll and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Drying Painted Articles; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a side view. showing manner of stacking. are detached views of spacingbloclrs.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The apparatus which forms the subject of our invention is mainly designed for drying freshly-painted parts of bedsteads, but may be used for the same purpose in the manufac ture of other articles; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts Fig. 2 is a view hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the posts or standards, which may be of the form shown, and may be attached tothe hinged bars B as shown; or said posts or standards, if desired, may be fastened to the wall of a building at any convenient place, and if fastened to the wall the hinged bars B may be dispensed with. The blocks 0 may be of any desired thickness. The blocks at the top and bottom of the posts A are firmly attached to said posts. Theintervening blocks may be detached, if desired. These blocks 0 are provided with openings for the passage of the bolt or pin 0.

The shelves D may be of the form shownin Fig. 1, and are attached to the posts or standards A, as shown in the drawings, the space between these shelves being regulated by the thickness of the blocks 0. .Blocks (1 are provided at the ends of the shelves, and may be placed in the center, as shown, if desired, and should be of the same thickness as the blocks 0. These shelves D are so arranged that they will turn on the bolt or pin 0, each turning independently.

The device shown in Fig. 1 is adapted for Figs. 3 and 4 (No modem drying long narrow pieces, such as the side rails of a bedstead.

The devices shown in Figs. 3 and 4 are adapted for drying the head and foot boards of a bedstead.

The spacing-blocks E are of the form shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. A desired number of these spacing-blocks are provided with an inverted-V-shaped bottom, e, which is for the purpose of holding or resting the freshly painted or varnished surface upon, thereby preventing any marks or scratches upon the articles being dried, and at the same time exposing the entire surface to the atmosphere.

The spacing-blocks E not having the in verted-V- shaped bottoms are used in case the side of the article being dried is not painted or varnished at the place where it rests upon said spacing-bloc rs. These spacing-blocks are formed of uniform lengths, so as to be placed in the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the pins F fitting in the recessesf, as indicated in said Figs. 3 and 4.

In use the shelves D are turned back, as shown in Fig. 1 except the lower shelf. upon each of the posts or standards A. These are placed at right angles to the wall or bars 13. Upon these shelves is placed the article or articles desired to be dried. WVhen the lower shelves are filled, the ones directly above are placed in positions at right angles and filled as before, and so on until the shelves D are all filled, or as many as desired.

In drying the head and foot boards of bedsteads the spacing-blocks E are placed substantially in the positions shown in Fig. 2, and are stacked as high as desired.

It will be seen that by our peculiar arrangements we are enabled to expose the entire surfaces of the painted or varnished articles to the atmosphere, and at the same time are enabled to dry any desired number of articles at one and the same time, and by occupying much less room than when dried in the ordinary manner, and also protecting the articles from dust.

Having now fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

,1. The combination, with standards A, of independently-moving shelves D, hinged to each standard, one above the other, and spacing-blocks between the shelves to form sup- ICO 7 ports therefor, the blocks at the free ends of shelves D, hinged to each standard one above the other, and spacing-blocks between the shelves to form supports therefor, the blocks at the free ends of the shelves being secured thereto to move therewith, substantially as described. v

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed our names'in the presence of two witnesses.

GEO. DEOKMAN. CHAS. J. DEOKMAN. Witnesses:

W. B. COBURN, J. G. MURDOOK. 

